Srihari, Posani Krishna Murali, Tanvi, Narayana Murthy starrer 'Peoples War' on Sneha Chitra Pictures banner completed its censor formalities and is readying for release on September 14th. Producer and Director Narayana Murthy say that the film shows the impact of setting up of coal powered thermal power projects. He says these plants pollute the environment in the coastal areas and Central and state govts are just helping companies to steal public money at the expense of public health. He said they are even going against court orders. He says the film revolves around peoples fight against these thermal plants in Sompet, Srikakuam, Kakarapalli, Kurupam, Vijayanagaram. He says people who are fighting against these plants are heroes in his film and Central and State govt economic policies are villians.Srihari played character Gurram Jogarao who lost his life in the fight. Posani played the villian.

While all this may be true Narayana Murthy’s Peoples War lost its war with Censor board. The board members twisted the hands of Narayanamurthy so much so that he had to agree to all the suggestions of the board members. He was asked not to mention the word of Sompet in his film and was forced to change the name as ‘someswarapeta’. Similarly they asked him to include a disclaimer at the start and end of the film saying “This film is a work of fiction and does not refer to real life characters or incidents. Any resemblance is a co-incidence. “The board members also told Narayana Murthy that there should not be any references to GO Nos. 1107 and 1108, concerning the Sompeta project. Last but not the least to the utter shock of Murthy, Censor Board awarded U/A to the film.